Chapter 149: Soul Master Duel

It was now confirmed that even a fierce woman like Pepero cared deeply about her weight!

Wier let out a loud groan. After struggling to shove Pepero's legs off his body, he clutched his chest with great effort and sat up from the ground. Although his ribs were broken, fortunately, his lungs had not been punctured. Then, Wier checked Pepero's injuries and found that this young woman's condition was much worse than his own. Not only were several of her ribs fractured, but both of her arms had suffered severe breaks as well.

"This must have been the result of her crashing into it during the final strike... She is so reckless!"

Wier frowned, sighed inwardly, and used one hand to prop himself up on the ground to barely maintain his balance. With his other hand, he waved a faint, water-blue glow, gathering it slowly, bit by bit, onto Pepero's broken bones and arms. Within moments, Pepero felt a cool sensation spread throughout her entire body, and even the pain from her wounds diminished significantly.

"How do you feel?" Wier asked Pepero.

"I'm... much better," Pepero managed to reply. She tried to move her arms a few times, but the intense pain prevented her from even doing the simplest task of wiggling her fingers.

"This time, I don't even know if it was a gain or a loss..."

Pepero twisted her body a bit, seemingly wanting to sit up like Wier, but after several failed attempts, she finally gave up. Given her current state, it was utterly impossible for her to stand up. With no other choice, she cast a helpless look of appeal at Wier.

"Alright..."

Wier sighed. The water-blue light in his hand suddenly transformed into jet-black mist. He glanced at Pepero, the corners of his mouth curling up into an evil smile. "I'll set your bones back in place right now, but during the process, you'll just have to endure a bit of pain."

"Fine!"

Naturally, Pepero had caught Wier's mischievous smile. She took a deep breath, mentally preparing herself for whatever teasing Wier had in mind. But to her surprise, the moment it began, Pepero was tortured by an excruciating pain that made her scream!

"Ah! Wier! You little punk! Bastard! I'm going to kill you! Ouch, it hurts so much!..."

...

High in the air.

Graham Joe slowly flapped his wings and descended bit by bit from the high altitude. First, he swept his gaze over Pepero and Wier. Ensuring they were out of danger, he let out a sigh of relief, turned his head, and locked his gaze entirely on Barik.

"Barik, I've finally found you..."

Graham Joe's voice was very soft, so quiet it sounded as though he were talking to himself. His body began to descend slowly, stopping only when he reached an altitude of thirty meters above the ground. Looking down from above at Barik standing on the earth, his eyes were filled with intense killing intent.

"Joe! I never expected to see you again. How fortunate that you didn't plummet to your death in an environment like that! Oh! Look at your legs! Tsk tsk, they must be broken, right?"

Barik sneered sardonically. He locked eyes with Graham for a moment before shifting his gaze to Joe's legs. Just as Barik had said, Joe's legs were indeed broken; if not for this, he wouldn't have continually expended his soul energy to sustain his flight in mid-air.

"They are indeed broken... Heh heh, Barik, now let's settle the score we haven't finished yet!"

Graham let out a cold snort and unleashed all the soul energy within his body. With a wave of his arm, a V-shaped blade of fierce qi materialized out of thin air.

"Hmph, bring it on then!"

Without wasting words, Barik let out a roar. The muscles on his body suddenly expanded like an orc entering a berserk state. Standing at one meter ninety before, Barik instantly grew into a massive brute towering at two meters twenty!

Patches of pitch-black fur rapidly sprouted from the surface of his skin, completely covering his explosive muscles. With such a physique, seen from afar, he looked remarkably similar to a bear!

A mass of grayish-white fierce qi completely enveloped Barik's arm, directly transforming into the shape of a bear's paw. Bending at the waist, he assumed a stance, ready to fight Graham to the death at any moment.

"Come on!"

"Roar!"

The two of them simultaneously let out a startling roar. In mid-air, Graham transformed directly into a white streak of light and plummeted downward, while Barik leaped up like a cannonball, swinging his bear paw to fiercely meet Graham head-on.

"Boom!"

A cataclysmic explosion echoed! Graham was blasted back up into mid-air, while Barik was slammed straight back down to the ground. The violent impact carved a stunning, deep crater into the earth!

"Again!"

Graham glared coldly at Barik and roared. His entire body once again transformed into a ball of white light. Barik did not show weakness either; wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth with a wild roar, he charged up at Graham once more.

"Again!"

"Again!"

"Again!"

"..."

Their duel featured virtually no fancy tricks—it was a pure clash of raw power and strength. Explosive sounds echoed unceasingly, and the two of them fought through an unknown number of rounds. The surrounding ground was blasted until not a single patch remained intact, and the surrounding houses had long since been shattered into pieces, teetering on the verge of collapse. Looking around, aside from massive clouds of dust and debris, what else remained in this place?

"Again!"

Graham wiped the froth of blood from the corner of his mouth and shouted through gritted teeth. On the ground, Barik was already tottering, his body staggering and swaying a few times before he managed to straighten up.

His body was covered in scars, and blood gushed out frantically like a fountain. He raised his head to look at Graham, then let out an enraged roar!

"Swish!"

A flash of white light, and Graham's body darted past like lightning. Accompanied by a scattering of blood, Barik's right arm was completely severed!

"Ah!"

Barik clutched the bleeding stump of his arm and roared furiously. The intense pain distorted his face, making him look savage and terrifying. His eyes turned bloodred as he stared fixedly at Graham like a wild beast, seemingly wishing he could tear Graham apart and devour him alive on the spot!

High in the air, Graham looked expressionlessly at Barik, who was continuously howling below, and said indifferently, "Barik, the only mistake you made in this life was provoking us. From today onward, the Rotten Wolf Mercenary Corps is officially dissolved!"

A flash of white light cleaved Barik cleanly into two halves. Until the very moment of death, Barik's eyes remained wide open, filled with reluctance and resentment.

...

"How are you two holding up?"

Graham had already retracted his wings. Because of his legs, he simply couldn't stand, but he didn't mind. He simply plunked himself down onto the ground, imitating Wier's posture.

"Not bad!"

Pepero glared resentfully at Wier, gritting her teeth as she barely managed a response. By the way, the injuries on this young woman's body had completely healed, but right now she couldn't muster an ounce of strength, so she had no choice but to lie helplessly on the ground.

As for Wier, he nodded, placed the already bound divine staff across his knees, emitted a wisp of jet-black light from his palm, and pressed it against his own chest.

"Crack!"

A crisp snap sounded—clearly the noise of a bone shifting back into place. Wier's complexion instantly turned pale as a sheet, sweat the size of soybeans continuously pouring down. He clenched his teeth tightly to prevent any cries of pain from escaping. Seeing Wier's actions, Graham frowned, while Pepero swallowed involuntarily and quickly averted her gaze elsewhere... *So painful!* (Pepero thought to herself).

Using dark magic to restore bones was effective, and the process didn't take very long, but the agony involved was excruciating. In a short while, Wier opened his eyes and let out a heavy breath.

Seeing that Wier was finally done, Pepero let out a sigh of relief. Pausing for a moment, the young woman seemed to suddenly remember something and quickly said to Graham, "Boss, shouldn't we leave this place first? It won't be good if someone discovers us!"

"True!"

Graham nodded and said, "When I charged in, I caused quite a bit of a commotion anyway. Walking out like this is out of the question."

With that, Graham's body suddenly shuddered, and a pair of wings spanning over two meters long unfolded from his back.

"So, the only way is to fly out!"